Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-15
THE ORIGINAL AMADOR.
A Valuable and Historic Mine Owned by

A Valuable and Historic Mine Owned by
Sacramentans.
The original Amador, sometimes called
the Little Amador, is situated on the
| mother lode in Amador county, and partly
| takes in the site of the prosperous town oil
Amador City. 1t is located on the north
side OF the creek, and was taken up by
Thomas Hickey and his son in February,
1851, making it one of the first quartz To-
| cations made in California. This mine has
: the distinction of showing the richest ore
ever taken out in the State, as well as be-
ing the first quartz mine that paid divi-
dend on this coast. The first Superintend-
emf of this mine was J. T. Burke, well
known as a pioneer in quartz-mining en-
terprises. In 1854 the mine passed into the
hands of a German company, who ran it
until 1857 with Indifferent success, the
milling processes in those early times be-
ing expensive, and the
FACILITIES FOR SAVING GOLD
Very crude. 1t next passed into the hands
of Haverstick e Leninger, of lone, the
latter soon becoming the sole owner, the
mine at that time being valued at $3.50. J.
t. Burke, the early Superintendent of the
mine, having faith in it, leased it from
Lenlnger. agreeing to give him one half of
the profits. His knowledge of. the mine
enabled him in few months to paw Len
niger the sum of 5000 for his share of the
profits. The mine afterwards fell into the
hands of John c.. Fault, who began its
systematic development, erecting mill and
hosting works. The reputation of the
mine, backed by Its developments, was
such that it was sold TO an English COM
IN S-0 fnr @G00 ono
pary,
BIZ BAD MANAGEMENT
And foolish expenditures of money, squan
dered large amount of money, the Eng
lish stockholders became discouraged. and
the mine was ordered shut down. 1t re-
manned in this condition for some wears.
when the Treasure Box Mining Company
a corporation composed of citizens of this
city, bonded it. and have been for some
time at work opening out the old works.
and have already developed a mine that
promises to be as rich and pay as hand
some returns as any on the mother lode
and so far as groupings are concerned, the
development of
HUGE BONANZA
Would not be at all surprising TO the
practical miner. This mine lies directly
between two Of the best paying mines in
the State. the Bunker Hill and the Key
stone Consolidated, these two latter mines
being less than one mile apart The En-
Ghsh company who owned the mine took
out an enormous amount of gold, but the
cost of milling the ore then, which was ten
times what it is now, and the foolish and
extravagant expenses of the management,
caused the stockholders to cry quits The
company now in charge is Differed as fol-
lows: G. H. Hubbard, President ]. o. Cole
man, Secretary and O. E. Hewitt, Super
intendent. MIR. Hewitt has been Super
intendent of the Keystone Consolidated for
seventeen years. That mine has been pay
ing dividends regularly for twenty-five
years. He is well acquainted with the
Amador Consolidated ground, and when
he was in the city yesterday he said to
reporter of the RECORD UNION, that from
what he knew OF the mine he thought it as
good one as there was on the mother
lode. He has so much faith in its future
that he has taken stock with the Sacra-
mento people, and says that the next
dividend-paying mine in This opinion on
that divide will be the Amador Consoli-
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